Species Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976

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• Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, Y.N. 1976. New species of the family Aphyonidae (Pisces, Ophidiodea) from the Indian Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 16(1): 162-165 1 fig. [in Russian; English translation J. Ichthyol. 16(1): 146–149] [164, fig. B].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 42298, Madagascar Strait, western Indian Ocean, 1000m [26°41'S, 34°06'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

North of Dampier Archipelago (18°50’S) to south-west of Imperieuse Reef (18°00’S), WA, and off Norah Head (33º20´S) to east of Nowra (34°55’S), NSW; temperate, Indo-west Pacific (S Africa, Japan).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Transition (3)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

896 -1590m

 

General References

Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Aphyonidae. pp. 575-576 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [576]

Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 417: 1-72 figs 1-103 [62]

Nielsen, J.G. 1986. Family No. 99: Aphyonidae. pp. 356-357 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [357]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [139]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [318]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spotted Gelatinous Cusk)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	OPHIDIIFORMES	31-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
22-Jun-2015	OPHIDIIFORMES	28-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED